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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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sensitive altimeter
Aviation; Aircraft
A form of multipointer pneumatic altimeter with an adjustable barometric scale that allows the reference pressure to be set to any desired level.
accelerate-go distance
Aviation; Aircraft
The distance required to accelerate to V1 with all engines at takeoff power, experience an engine failure at V1, and continue the takeoff on the remaining engine(s). The runway ...
service ceiling
Aviation; Aircraft
The maximum density altitude where the best rate-of-climb airspeed will produce a 100-feet-per-minute climb at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum ...
accelerate-stop distance
Aviation; Aircraft
The distance required to accelerate to V1 with all engines at takeoff power, experience an engine failure at V1, and abort the takeoff and bring the airplane to a stop using ...
heading indicator
Aviation; Aircraft
An instrument which senses airplane movement and displays heading based on a 360° azimuth, with the final zero omitted. The heading indicator, also called a directional gyro (DG), ...
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